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Toulouse was my bestest buddy. He was a pisces like me and was very intuned with my feelings. When I cried he curled up beside me and licked my tears. He would greet me at the door. He & his sister would chase each other around the house and often would make me part of their race track. Jasper came into our lives at 7 weeks old when Toulouse was 3 years old. Try introducing a new kitten to a cat who was king of his home. I was a wreck by day 3, but was very happy when I came home from work to let him inside and watched him walk over to Jasper and start licking her to death. They were best buddies from that moment on. Before Toulouse became a big brother, he was seriously injured. We think hit by a car.Somehow he was able to climb up some stairs, climb onto the roof and crawl through the window right into his carrier which was his bed. I took him to the vets as he didn't seem right. He had a collapsed lung, broken tail and many other internal injuries. The vet didn't have hopes of him surviving the night. He did though and lived another 16 years though some fun, sadness, good /bad moments. He was my baby. Oh he loved his food and my food. Summer time he had a fit if I didn't share my watermelon with him. Dived into a fresh bowl of buttered popcorn when I went to answer my door. Stole my chicken from a tv dinner when I went to get a glass of juice then went racing out the window and sat on the roof eating my lunch. He loved the outdoors and would be out the window and waiting outside by the driveway by the time I had walked down my insuite stairs then the hallway stairs. We moved in 1994 and Toulouse became an indoor cat showing no desire to go outside though both he and his sister would poke their heads out the door when I would open up the patio door. He got into mischief like any other cat. My food was his food and let me know it. I had an old backpack that I used for grocery shopping or bringing home take out. The material around the zipper was worn away. One day, I had decided to head to McDonalds, but when I came home left the bag with meal on the floor and tended to some computer stuff. A short while later I looked over to see Toulouse had happily ripped open my backpack and was enjoying my french fries..we won't have talk about Cheetos. He learned to open his own bags as I discovered one morning when I came home from work to find the chip bags I had left on the counter on the floor split open with the contents all over the place. Spoiled yes, but oh so loved. How do you share 19 years of a loved member of your family in a short paragraph..you can't. He has brought me so much joy and making the decision to let him go was the very hardest thing I have ever had to do. I wake up in the morning expecting him to be curled up on the floor, rushing under my feet when some popcorn or food acidentally falls on the floor, having him come into the bathroom and rest his paws on the side of the tub as I shower, running to the door when he hears me insert the key in the lock. hearing me open his favourite can of catfood, sharing my watermelon with him, he was a cat, but more like a little person with his likes/dislikes. He loved the spray bottle and would coming running if I started to squirt it then sit there lapping up the stream of water being sprayed at him. This summer he lost his strength and ability to climb up onto the bed to sleep beside me which he did almost every time I slept. I became ill in August with a badly infected leg or the medical condition of Cellulitis. A morning where I was supposed to be heading to the airport to fly out on a 4 day vacation to California, I found myself suddenly cancelling my flight/hotel room and very sad to do so. What I didn't know until the next day when I had the strength to seek medical treatment was that day I also had a spiked fever of 104F. After making the necessary phone calls, I fell into a deep sleep. Can you imagine my surprise when I woke up about 9 hours later to find Toulouse stretched out beside me on the bed with him watching me and his paw curled around my hand.When I went to move my hand, his paw tightened around me and he gave me his signature meow then moved closer so his nose was touching my face. I never heard him climb up on the bed, but he was determined to be by my side especially since he hadn't been on the bed for about a month. The loss of his presence is still too fresh in my mind as it has only been 16 days now. My heart aches and all I want is my best friend home. Where others let me down, he never did. His sister misses him and I can hear her sob like a person quietly does. I can only hope that he is amongst friends and playing/having fun. I may have had my moments when I was in a crappy mood and my stress rubbed off on both Toulouse and Jasper, but I loved him with all my heart. I miss you big time baby boy!
The days get harder & harder without both you & Jasper around. I miss the two of soo much and hope you have been found each other & been reunited again. Its a new year and I am relieved to see the last of the holiday season come to an end tomorrow night. Not much of a Xmas without the two of you. Almost happy that I did work over Xmas and didn't go anywhere. I miss your kitty hugs/kisses from both of you since this is now Toulouse & Jasper's site.. I love you xxxxxxxx ( Jan 2, 2011)
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